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idiomcut your cloth(also cut your coat according to your cloth)to spend only as much money as you can afford:Anyone who's had to control a household budget knows that you have to cut your cloth according to your means.Even if the recession is ending, people have to cut their coat according to their cloth.
cut (one's) clothTo act in accordance with one's limitations, often financial. Primarily heard in UK. You'll go bankrupt if you don't start cutting your cloth. cut your cloth mainly BRITISHIf you cut your cloth according to your situation, you limit what you do to take account of the resources you have. Ford would be forced to cut its cloth according to the demands of the market. The Government would have to cut its cloth and eliminate programmes which were not used. Note: You can also say that you cut your coat according to your cloth, with the same meaning. Organisations which are supported by the taxpayer must cut their coats according to their cloth. |